Dear TTA (no replies)
A year ago you sacked Gary Rowett and we were told by the then BCFC chief executive to “trust us we know what we are doing”. This was followed up by the BCFC Head of Communications telling us that “something had to be done about the style of football” and, to those of us who questioned what was going on, to look at the “big picture”.
Well a year on the big picture appears to be relegation to League one and general chaos and confusion. Over the last 12 months our league record is played 46, won 8, drawn 11, lost 27, points 35 and a mere 29 goals scored. That is bottom of the league form. TTA have invested a lot of money with absolutely nothing to show for it.
Over that 12 months we have had 2 chief executives, 5 managers (including one caretaker and 3 sackings which must have cost us a few pounds), about 20 new signings and a similar number of departures from the club - yet the playing position continues to deteriorate. Communications from the top continue to be almost non-existent - we still have no real idea who TTA are or what their ambition is.
We now have a manager who appears to a poorer version of Rowett. His previous record in the championship is mediocre at best (does no-one check these things before appointments are made?). The style of football is poor and the results are worse. We have scored 3 goals in 10 games under him and the fans have already had lost confidence in him (sooner than we lost confidence in Zola) judging by the chants of “Cotterill out” and “you don’t know what your doing” around me today at Fulham.
On the player recruitment side we also appear to have little strategy. It is unclear who is in charge of the strategy and what role Darren Dein (who is alleged to be on a generous retainer) plays. In the summer 2 months of limited activity were followed by a blitz of activity on deadline day with several panic buys and suggestions in the press that we overpaid for some of the signings. This has led to a bloated and unbalanced squad according the current manager that is allegedly divided.
The club urgently needs turning around or else we are heading into League 1 and potentially worse. Are Ren Xuangong/Darren Dein/Jeff Vetere and Steve Cotterill the right men to turn the club round? I seriously doubt it.